‘Call his bluff’: Edward Norton lays out poker-style Trump analysis never expected.
In my blog, I normally don’t take any political, sexual, or religious themes, comments, or discussion sides. This is a unique exception. The reason is, that the minority of fanatic Trump followers cry everyone down. No discussion will be possible and won against fanatics like this.
The overwhelming majority behaves decent and keeps quiet. So I think it is time to give a bit of weight to Trump’s opposition side. Personally, I do not care about what one thinks about Trump. Everyone has their own opinion, mine is that „he is the biggest asshole (not my words – see above – I just agree) I ever saw in the political world“ !!
A few days ago I stumbled over Edward Norton’s article in HuffPost. I think it’s so true, and so fine diagnosed that I copy it for you to read – if you like. Everything else = SATIRE!
His last international disaster, THANK GOD ! As usual, Trump participated for 2 hours, scrawled around, telling bullshit, praising only himself and insulting the world leaders, then he went off to play golf (there he can cheat all he wants). Many people will be glad not to have to put up with that smug orange face anymore.
Final result of 2020 !
HuffPost:
Edward Norton Compares ‚Whiny‘ Trump’s Actions To A Failed Poker Hand!
Curtis M. Wong·Senior Culture Reporter, HuffPost
Fri, November 20, 2020,
Edward Norton offered a scathing rebuke of President Donald Trump this week, using poker terminology to describe the commander in chiefs‘ continued efforts to subvert 2020 election results.
The “Fight Club” actor on Friday said in a Twitter thread that he learned a lot about politics from his father, who was a federal prosecutor. He added that he “sat a fair amount of poker [with] serious players” and was able to discern Trump’s motivations, which point to a “desperate endgame.”
Edward Norton
Edward Norton
I’m no political pundit but I grew up w a dad who was a federal prosecutor & he taught me a lot & I’ve also sat a fair amount of poker w serious players & l’ll say this: I do not think Trump is trying to ‘make his base happy’ or ‘laying the groundwork for his own network’.
Or that ‘chaos is what he loves’. The core of it is that he knows he’s in deep, multi-dimensional legal jeopardy & this defines his every action. We’re seeing 1) a tactical delay of the transition to buy time for coverup & evidence suppression 2) above all, a desperate endgame…
That’s what he is thinking about ? What a „turkey“ !!!
Edward Norton
…which is to create enough chaos & anxiety about peaceful transfer of power, & fear of irreparable damage to the system, that he can cut a Nixon-style deal in exchange for finally conceding. But he doesn’t have the cards. His bluff after ‘the flop’ has been called in court…
His ‘turn card’ bluff will be an escalation & his ‘River card’ bluff could be really ugly. But they have to be called. We cannot let this mobster bully the USA into a deal to save his ass by threatening our democracy. THAT is his play. But he’s got junk in his hand. So call him.
Edward Norton Goes on Epic Twitter Rant About Donald Trump: ‚We Cannot Let This Mobster Bully the USA‘.
Yes, Edward, you are so RIGHT with your diagnosis:
Norton described the president as “a whiny, sulky, petulant, Grinchy, vindictive little 10-ply-super-soft bitch” who was “throwing a wicked pout fest“ without giving any thought to those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Still, the actor didn’t think Trump is planning a 2024 bid for the presidency, as has been widely reported. Instead, he believed the president was focused on using “chaos [and] threat” to guarantee “a safe exit,” adding: “Call. His. Bluff.” He concluded the thread with a rallying cry to Americans.
I have no understanding why people stopped him doing that.
Edward Norton
But his contemptible, treasonous, seditious assault on the stability of our political compact isn’t about 2024, personal enrichment, or anything else other than trying to use chaos & threat to the foundation of the system as leverage to trade for a safe exit. Call. His. Bluff.
Faith in the strength of our sacred institutions & founding principles is severely stretched…but they will hold. They will. He’s leaving, gracelessly & in infamy. But if we trade for it, give him some brokered settlement, we’ll be vulnerable to his return. We can’t flinch.
The thread had garnered more than 540,000 combined likes from Twitter users as of Friday. Though President-elect Joe Biden secured his win four days after election night on Nov. 7, Trump has refused to concede or otherwise publicly acknowledge his loss.
Hello Trumpy, looking forward to a great poker game with your buddy’s ?? Missing Bolsonaro & Orban ??
Meanwhile, his campaign has alleged ― without evidence ― that Biden’s victory was the result of voter fraud and has pressed for ballot recounts that have not changed the election’s outcome. And – till now – he lost all lawsuits he tried against voter fraud.
Norton last year cited Trump’s 2016 election victory as the partial inspiration for his performance in the film “Motherless Brooklyn,” which he also wrote and directed based on Jonathan Lethem’s novel.
“You have probably the deepest cynicism that had ever emerged in American society, and that film was responsive to that,” he told Vanity Fair. “What we’re going through now is provoking a lot of looking at what sits under the surface of American life. It’s especially resonant when you’re going through moments that are giving people deep dismay.”
The final question is not how and when this narcissistic menace will leave. IT WILL HAPPEN ! The final question is how much more damage he will bequeath !
